1. Welcome Parents!
Parent Advisory

2. What’s happening in your child’s classroom?
Classroom Successes
Stories of children accomplishing milestones and activities they are doing in the classroom (without sharing names)
Current Study
Share concepts children are learning
Ask for parent in-put about ideas to enhance study
Daily Schedule
Discuss the children’s routine when they are at school
Current Self-Help skills focusing on with the children
Share how parents can help by incorporating some self-help skill building into their daily routine at home with their child

3. How we are building your child’s school readiness skills
Creative Curriculum
We focus on developing the whole child – social/emotional, physical, language and cognitive development and increasing their knowledge in literacy, math, science, social studies and the arts
We create a safe learning environment so children feel connected to everyone in the classroom and part of the classroom community
Children learn through play so our classroom is set up into interest areas so children are interacting with materials and others during their play time
We support positive interactions so children are learning how to cooperate and negotiate with their peers and adults in the classroom
We partner with families – when we work together as a team we are preparing your child to be a happy, confident learner

4. GOLD Assessment
Focuses on all areas of development and content areas – social/emotional, physical, language, cognitive, science, social studies and the arts
We assess the children 3 times a year – fall, winter and spring
Data is shared with you during parent teacher conferences and home visits on where your child is currently and what skills are developing
Parent invites on GOLD and what is available to them on the site
Share overall classroom GOLD data at this time

5. CLASS Observation to ensure program quality
CLASS – Classroom Assessment Scoring System
Focuses on Emotional Support, Classroom Organization and Instructional Support
The CLASS evaluates classroom quality by focusing on interactions between teachers and children and what teachers do with the materials they have
The Education Coach completes the observation 2 times a year and goals are written from the results
Share CLASS results with parents and what the classroom is currently focusing on

6. PQA Observation to ensure program quality
PQA – Preschool Quality Assessment
Focuses on the Learning Environment, the Daily Routine, Adult-Child Interaction and Curriculum Planning and Assessment
The PQA is a program evaluation tool showing that the practices assessed in the PQA are positively and significantly associated with children’s development
The Early Childhood Specialist completes the observation tool and sets goals with the teaching team to improve program practices
Share current PQA results, goals and progress on goals with the parents
Share overall ISD PQA goals and PD offered to support these goals

7. Information Sharing Current enrollment – is the classroom full?
Waitlist – how many children are on your waitlist?
How can we get the word out about the Head Start/GSRP program so parents sign up for the program? Parents share ideas
Recruitments
When are recruitments taking place in your area and who do they contact
Parent sharing
What suggestions do you have for our program?
What ideas do you have that we can incorporate into our classroom to support our curriculum?

8. THANK YOU PARENTS FOR YOUR TIME AND INPUT IN HELPING US PROVIDE A HIGH QUALITY PROGRAM FOR YOU AND YOUR CHILD! WE APPRECIATE YOU!